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The 50+1 rule: What is it?

Jonathan Harding | James Thorogood
December 1, 2021

Season three of Project Fussball is here and this time our focus is on one of German football's most popular and yet complex rules: the 50+1 rule. In the opening episode of the new season, we lay the foundation of understanding for the rest of the season by asking what it is, how it works, why it's still so relevant in football today.

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Season three of Project Fussball is here and this time our focus is on one of German football's most popular and yet complex rules: the 50+1 rule. In the opening episode of the new season, we lay the foundation of understanding for the rest of the season by asking what it is, how it works, why it's still so relevant in football today.

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Ever since Germany won the World Cup in 2014 German football has become one of the country's greatest exports. Join our host and ever-changing panel of experts as they go deeper into the topics around the beautiful game.